FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 26, 2019Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed SAC by 8 after three quarters and won 105–104.

Final
WAS102
DET132
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +20; Q3 DET +30; Q4 DET +30
Final
NYK94
BKN82
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +12
Final
SAS98
DAL102
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +4
Final
MEM110
OKC97
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +13
Final · 2OT
MIN105
SAC104
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN -8; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN 0; OT2 MIN +1
Final
POR115
UTA121
Q1 UTA +15; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +6
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2018–19Dec 26, 2018: 10 games. Top scorer: Spencer Dinwiddie (BKN vs CHA), 37 points.
The lead · MIN @ SAC

Minnesota needs two overtimes to survive Sacramento

Tied 90–90 after regulation. Minnesota won the final period 8–7 for a 105–104 win. Gorgui Dieng led Minnesota with 21 points, 15 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-5+2-800+1MIN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
MIN2129211978105
SAC2622311177104
Who led
Gorgui DiengPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 4, 0, 5, 13, 18, 15, 11, 21MIN21 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Robert CovingtonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 4, 14, 10, 15, 10, 3, 4, 19MIN19 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Richaun HolmesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 10, 4, 9, 11, 20, 18, 12, 20SAC20 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Bogdan BogdanovicPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 9, 10, 13, 17, 14, 25, 10, 19SAC19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAS @ DAL

Dallas beats San Antonio, 102–98

Dallas led 79–74 after three and won by 4. Luka Doncic led Dallas with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over SAC1DAL over SAS4UTA over POR6NYK over BKN12MEM over OKC13DET over WAS30Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 30 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Donovan Mitchell leads the day with 35

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 26, 30, 28, 30, 30, 20, 13, 35UTA vs POR · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 31, 13, 27, 31, 36, 29, 18, 34POR @ UTA · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Julius RandlePoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 24, 26, 20, 17, 13, 20, 35, 33NYK @ BKN · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Joe InglesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 9, 23, 13, 16, 14, 14, 27, 26UTA vs POR · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Spencer DinwiddiePoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 24, 24, 24, 24, 31, 41, 39, 25BKN vs NYK · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
CJ McCollumPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 13, 15, 30, 30, 31, 26, 20, 25POR @ UTA · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Joe InglesUTA+5.7 15.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Dennis SchroderOKC+5.1 23.3 last 10 · 18.2 season
Norman PowellTOR+4.8 19.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Spencer DinwiddieBKN+4.2 26.9 last 10 · 22.7 season
Troy Brown Jr.WAS+4.1 13.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Lou WilliamsLAC−5.5 13.6 last 10 · 19.1 season
Eric PaschallGSW−4.5 10.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Larry Nance Jr.CLE−4.2 4.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Eric BledsoeMIL−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Jordan PooleGSW−3.3 3.8 last 10 · 7.1 season